2. BERBERIDACE^E. 3. NYMPH^ACEAl. 13 



15. P^EONIA Linn. Peeony. 



*1. P. corattina (Retz.) ; 1. biternate, leaflets ovate entire glau- 

 cous beneath, caps, downy recurved from the base. E. B. 1513. 

 R. iv. 128. Root fleshy, knobbed. Herb 2 feet high. Fl. large, 

 crimson with yellow anthers. On the Steep Holmes Island in 

 the Severn. P. V. VI. E. 



Order II. BERBERIDACE.E. 



Sep. 3, 4 or 6, in a double row. Pet. the same or double that 

 number. Stam. opposite to the petals. Anth. opening by valves 

 from the bottom to the top. Carpel 1, 1-celled, seeds attached 

 to the bottom or on a lateral placenta. 



1. BERBERIS Sep. 6, deciduous. Pet. 6, each with 2 glands 

 at the base within. Stam. 6. Berry 2 3-seeded. 



[2. EPIMEDIUM. Sep. 4, deciduous. Pet. 4. Nectaries 4, 

 cupshaped. Stam. 4. Caps, podlike, many-seeded.] 



1. BERBERIS Linn. Barberry. 



1. B. vulgaris (L.); spines 3-parted, 1. obovate ciliate-serrate, 

 racemes pendulous many-flowered, petals entire. E. B. 49. 

 R. iii. f. 4486. Fl. yellow. Berries red, oblong, slightly curved. 

 Filaments curiously elastic. Hedges and thickets. Sh. V. VI. 



2. EPIMEDIUM Linn. Barren-wort. 



[I. E. alpinum (L.); root-leaves 0, stem-1. twice ternate. 

 E. B. 438. R. iii. f. 4485. Lts. heartshaped, serrate. Pan. shorter 

 than the 1. and appearing to grow from the petiole. Fl. red with 

 yellow nectaries. Subalpine woods. Not a native. P. V.] E. S. 



Order III. NYMPHJEACE^E. 



Sep. 4 6, passing gradually into the petals, and these into 

 the many stamens, all inserted on a fleshy disk more or less com- 

 pletely surrounding the ovary. Stigma peltate. Fruit many- 

 celled : seeds many, in a gelatinous aril. Embryo in a bag on 

 the outside of the base of the albumen. 



1. NYMPH^EA. Cal. of 4 sepals. Pet. many, inserted together 

 with the stamens upon a fleshy disk enveloping the germen. 

 Berry many-celled, many-seeded. Stigma sessile, of many 

 rays. 



